AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



663 



Imnroyei Simer or Section Holler. 



BY A. C. TYRllEL. 



The accompanying illustrations of my 

 improved super or section holder, re- 

 quire but little explanation, but for the 



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benefit of novices I offer the following 

 explanatory remarks : 



No. 1 shows the super with sections 

 and clamping-boards in place, being 

 firmly wedged when the door is closed 

 endwise and sidewise. In cut No. 2 are 



shown the clamping-boards with coils at- 

 tached, the only extra attachment used 

 in this super. 



Wooden separators should be used in 

 all supers, which prevents bees bulging 

 the combs ; if not used, bees will build 

 crooked combs in any super made. 



I use no wedges or loose bottom-bars, 

 always requiring great care in nailing 

 to fit the old-fashioned supers. The 

 bottom of the super is constructed of 

 thin lumber, through which are bored 

 28 holes of sufficient size to admit the 

 bees freely, and only to the inside of the 

 same. This prevents the bees sticking 

 the underside of the sections with pro- 

 polis, and thus obviating scraping every 

 section before going to market. Every 

 one who has used loose bottom slats or 

 T tin-rails, knows that if honey is com- 

 ing in slowly every section will be stuck 

 fast ; every little crevice filled with pro- 

 polis, and the sections cannot be removed 

 without great care and labor. 



To remove the sections, open the door 

 and remove the long clamping-board in 

 front of the sections ; a slight pressure 

 with one hand releases the tension of 

 the end clamping-board ; the first row 

 of sections can then be removed ; then 

 the second, and so on until all are re- 

 moved ; thus every section can be taken 

 from the super without removing the 

 cover or lifting the holder from the 

 hive, with less trouble and greater speed 

 than from any super on the market. 



The salient features of this super are : 



1st. No new and expensive machinery 

 is required in manufacture. Any one 

 handy with hammer and saw can make 

 it. 



2nd. Simplicity, cheapness and ease 

 of manipulation. 



3rd. Different sizes of sections can be 

 used. 



4th. Does away with the use of a 

 honey-board. 



5th. It is the easiest super to make, 

 as it has but few parts. 



6th. Can be used on any dovetailed 

 hive. 



7th. Evenness of surface, allowing 

 every section to be tightly wedged. 



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